'This is one sick b*****d!' Alabama man, 28, is arrested for 'raping a five-year-old girl who was so badly injured she required surgery'
- Steven Sarandon Barnes, 28, was arrested over the weekend on charges including first-degree rape and chemical endangerment of a child
- Assault left the 5-year-old girl so badly injured she required surgery and is now in a stable condition in hospital
- Local police chief described the incident as one of the worst cases he's encountered over the past 31 years working in law enforcement
- Barnes, who appears to have a young son, on Monday was ordered held on $10million bond
Steven Sarandon Barnes, 28, was arrested over the weekend on charges including first-degree rape and chemical endangerment of a child
An Alabama man is accused of brutally raping a five-year-old girl, who was hospitalized and underwent surgery following the attack.
Steven Sarandon Barnes, 28, was arrested over the weekend on charges including first-degree rape and chemical endangerment of a child.
During his initial court appearance on Monday, prosecutors added a count of aggravated child abuse to Barnes' charges.
His bond amount was raised from $106,000 to more than $10million.
'I would grant no bond in the case if I could,' Judge Glenn Goggans said from the bench. 'But the law doesn’t allow for no bond in a non-capital case.'
Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson says authorities responded on Thursday to a Prattville hospital for a report of a sexually assaulted child.
He says she underwent surgery, and he believed the girl was in stable condition as of Saturday.
'I will say that this is one of the worst cases that I've seen in my 31 years in law enforcement,' Johnson said.
'Anybody who would do this to a child is a complete and total danger to the society and does not need to be roaming about the community where children are at large,' District Attorney Randall Houston told the Montgomery Advertiser.
'This is one sick b*****d who I hope never sees the light of day. We'll do everything we can to make that happen.'
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Barnes (pictured left and right in a old mugshot), who has a young son of his own, is accused of raping a 5-year-old girl so badly she required surgery
Police began investigating the assault after the girl was taken to Prattville Baptist Hospital on Thursday.
Due to the seriousness of her injuries, the victim had to be transferred to the Children's Hospital in Birmingham, where she underwent surgery.
Authorities identified Barnes as the suspect and later arrested him in the 400 block of Deatsville Highway, in the neighborhood where the attack happened.
Barnes has a prior criminal record that includes a marijuana possession charge.
Social media posts suggest that he has a young son of his own.
